Definition of reeducate
transitive verb
:to train again;
especially
:to rehabilitate through education
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Examples of reeducate in a Sentence
The program reeducates people about how to eat in a more healthful way.
We need to reeducate the workers who lost their jobs when the factory closed.
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Phase 2, let’s try to get the muscles to reeducate.
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This month, Wellerstein and other researchers launched Reinventing Civil Defense, a nonprofit project that over the next two years will examine how best to reeducate the American public on the nuclear threat — one that never went away.
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First Known Use of reeducate
1779
REEDUCATE Defined for English Language Learners
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verb
Definition of reeducate for English Language Learners
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: to teach (someone) to do or understand something in a new way
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: to train (someone) for a different job
Medical Dictionary
reeducate
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transitive verb
re·ed·u·cate
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(ˈ)rē-ˈej-ə-ˌkāt
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medical Definition of reeducate
reeducated;
reeducating
:to subject to reeducation
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